Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, August 14,2013
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MCSD SETS GRADING STANDARDS
•Continuedfrom PAGE ONE w ith th e d is tr ic t (n o t
and returning newly-elected pictured) is now Riverside
board m em bers, Thad High School Principal,
Killingbeck and Barney replacing Robert Elizondo;
Lindsay.
Brandon Hammond
was hired as RHS
Previous
Assistant Principal;
board Chair Thad
M ark
Jones,
Killingbeck was re
A .C . H o u g h to n
elected chairm an
Elementary School
and Lindsay was
Principal/M orrow
elected vice-chair.
Education Center
F o l l o w i n g Tina Joyce
P r in c ip a l; E rin
s e v e r a l
administrative resignations, Stocker, Irrigon Elementary
the d istric t announced S chool P rin c ip a l/h e a d
several new h ires and teacher. The remainder of
the adm inistrative team
reassignments.
Tina Joyce has been includes: Dirk Dirksen,
hired as Irrig o n H igh superintendent; George
School assistant principal; M e n d o z a , a s s i s t a n t
Marie Shimer, previously principal; Craig Benson,
I r r ig o n H ig h S c h o o l on the H ealthy H unger Sodexo, with which she assistant cook, D arlene
Principal; M att Combe, Free K id ’s A ct, w hich has been employed for 12 Snyder, SBE head cook,
H ep p n er E le m e n ta ry / was federally mandated years, provided ongoing Ida Alfaro-Navarro, RHS
H ep p n er H igh School for schools in January of training for the food service special education assistant,
P r in c i p a l; J o e l
2012. U nder the staff.
and Bonnie Matlack, WRE
C h a v e z , W indy
act, every student’s
In other business, the head cook; employment/
River Elementary
lunch must consist board:
promotions/transfers-Marie
School Principal/
of five components,
-approved the first Shimer, RHS principal,
English Language
including grain, meat reading o f the following replacing Robert Elizondo;
L earner program
or meat alternative, policies: bonded employees Erin Stocker, IES principal/
d ir e c t o r ; and
fruit, vegetable and and o fficers, academ ic head teacher; Tina Joyce,
M a tth e w M a tz ,
milk. Students must a c h ie v e m e n t, gr adi ng IJSH assistant principal;
Sam B o a rd m a n B r a n d o n take three of the five sy stem , a d m issio n o f Brandon Hammond, RHS
Elementary School Hammond
c o m p o n e n ts and resident students, students assistant principal; Jen
Principal.
must have a half-cup with HIV, HBV and AIDS, Gelineau, SBE kindergarten
At the m eeting the o f fruit or vegetable. She reporting requirem ents teacher; M ichael Cates,
board heard a presentation said there was a minimal regarding sexual conduct SBE/W RE PE teach er;
from Kim Mabry, Nutrition serving of dark green and with students and local K a i r a R y s d a m f r o m
S erv ice s D ire c to r for red-orange vegetables and wellness program.
classroom teacher to PE
Morrow County/Sodexo.
legumes are offered at least
-adopted policies on teacher at ACH/IES; Angela
Mabry briefed the board once a week.
requests for medical
Dames, transferred
Mabry said that the leave, ed u catio n
to ACH, replacing
district must submit menus records and records
Gail H orning;
and d o cu m en tatio n to o f stu d en ts w ith
Stacey Wainwright,
the Oregon Department disabilities, special
from HES to ACH,
o f E d u c a tio n fo r an education procedural
r e p l a c i n g Ka i r a
additional six cents per safeguards, special
Rysdam; Sybil
meal r e i m b ur s e me nt e d u c a t i o n free
S tew art, from
and th a t M CSD w ent and a p p r o p r i a t e Erin Stocker WRE fourth grade
through an ODE nutrition e d u c a t i o n a n d
t e a c h e r to HES
administrative review in pediculosis (head lice).
fourth/fifth grade teacher/
April of this year, with ODE
-adopted the 2013-14 Title I, replacing Karen
helping to “correct and board goals, which include: S mi t h- Gr i f f i t h; J uana
educate staff and the district improving by three percent Santillan from IES to SBE
of the new rules.” She said the number of students in kindergarten; M ichelle
that the MCSD nutrition grades three-12 improving Hoppe r , SBE s e c o n d
staff also went through t h e i r ma t h s k i l l s by grade teacher, replacing
a N atio n al S an ita tio n meeting or exceeding the Stephanie Bigham; Gaylynn
Foundation audit, which benchmark as measured Calvert, SBE kindergarten
ensures that all staff are by the OAKS tests and the teacher, replacing Ashley
f o l l o w i n g all
number of students N i c o d e m u s ; D a r l e n e
safety and “Hazard
in grades three-12 Jacobsen, SBE kindergarten
Analysis of Critical
who improve their teacher, replacing Michelle
C o n tro l P o in ts ” l Æ
English language Raible; Tessa Gourneau,
procedures.
skills by m eeting SBE department secretary,
Mabry said that i ¥ . V
or exceeding the r epl aci ng Dawn D yer;
BRAND
the Sam Boardman K - r •
b e n c h m a r k , as A l y s u n B u r n s , A C E
Elementary nutrition r u r
m easured by the temporary second grade
OAKS; providing teach er; Laura Jordan,
staff received a gold Kim Mabry
Ticket good for one entry for performance
award, scoring 98.5
necessary programs SBE second grade teacher;
percent in health and safety, for all students to meet the Alesia Webber, SBE third
of your choice! O regon Trail Pro Rodeo
and a green award, scoring Oregon Essential Skills grade te a c h e r; B renda
o r M orrow County Rodeo
96 percent on food safety. requirement for high school Victorio, WRE fifth grade
H ep p n er H igh School graduation; developing teacher; Phil Joyce, WRE
earned a gold award with and f o s t e r i n g s t r o n g sixth grade teacher; Betty
99.5 percent in health and communication practices Chesnut, IJSH m ultiple
safety and a gold in food that support the district’s subjects; Barbara Phillips,
safety, scoring 98 percent. mission and goals with all IES ed a s s is ta n t/fo o d
Mabry said that the stakeholder populations, service assistant, increase
242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (M CGG m ain office) p a r t n e r i n g c o m p a n y , including building trust in hours; Billie Barkef,
and improving partnerships IES ed assistant; Christina
w i t h c o m m u n i t i e s , Maddox, ACH ed assistant/
including parents, business, food service assistan t,
civic and cultural groups increase in hours; Natalie
through the use o f social Aylett, SBE ed assistant/
media and development a food service assistant; Cris
“transparent and consistent Olson, transfer from MEC
com m unications system to WRE ed assistant/food
ACCEPTED MATERIALS:
that keeps stakeholders service assistant; Evalinda
Computers • Laptops • Televisions • Monitors • Printers • Scanners • Fax Machines
informed and connected to Verley MES ed assistant,
Cell Phones & Telephones • Keyboards/Mice • Radios • Stereos
important news and events replacing Cris Olson; extra
in our school d istrict” ; duty contracts-Francisco
Gam ing Systems • DVD, VCR, CD 8i MP3 Players
and “maintaining a strong Velasquez, RHS head boys’
fi nancial ma nageme nt soccer coach; Eric Shular,
plan that supports staying 1JH head football coach.
current with infrastructure
-heard the following
and pr ovi di ng diverse announcements: Monday,
learning opportunities for August 19-teacher in-
students.”
service training; Tuesday
-approved the following and Wednesday, August
e m p l o y m e n t a c t i o n : 20-21 -teacher work day, in-
resignations/retirements- service; Thursday, August
Alice Thomas, RHS and 2 2 -te a c h e r w ork day;
Irrigon Junior/Senior High Monday, August 26-first
School counselor, Melissa day of school
-held an ex ecu tiv e
Hocker, SBE second grade
teacher, Kelli LaFramboise, s e s s i o n c o n c e r n i n g
WRE fifth grade teacher, negotiations.
L a u r i e S nyder , I JSH
M en ' s 13MWZ O riginal C owboy
C ut W ranglers $21.95
A ll other men ' s & women ' s
W ranglers 15% off
F ree rodeo tickets with
PURCHASE OF
of
$50
OR MORE
W rang ler p r o d u c ts
Wranqfer
Morrow County Grain Growers
Green Feed & Seed
rê
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
HEPPNER
CONSTRUCTION
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE use.
Preparation for new
sidewalks will begin on
Hager Street the week of
Aug. 19. Sidewalks may be
completed during that week.
If not, said Heppner City
Manager Kim Cutsforth,
there will be a small amount
o f inconvenience, but the
park will be open for public
Excavation and grading
on the Barratt Boulevard
project will be discontinued
during fair and rodeo. Work
crews will return Sept. 3
to prepare for paving on
Sept. 4. During this time,
the streets involved in this
project will remain open to
local traffic only.
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